I've seen this pattern of behaviour with him a number of times. I think he sort of has a patter to how he approaches the weeding of his flock. I've named the

I've seen this pattern of behaviour with him a number of times. I think he sort of has a patter to how he approaches the weeding of his flock. I've named the folks who follow him around at these events the "Applebaum Laugh Track" and have seen a few of those bad apples fall from the tree for not laughing hard enough/having the gumption to question Dear Leader in some critical way. Essentially, what I think we all have to understand, is that "cult'ing" is habit-forming and when you are the Hacker Messiah, nothing stands in your way of adoration from the filthy masses. Nothing.